An accident at the start of 2020 turned out to be a good thing… Thanks to a fridge door I was sidelined for all of 2020 and what seemed like a death sentence turned into NzHikes.co.nz! If I have been forced to sit around, then I’m not going to sit around and do nothing!! One story became 20… 50… and now over 300 tales from the mountains of New Zealand and around the world….
“On a Mish” #397 The Hidden Serpent (Part One). Serpent Back Track. Lake Manapouri. Fiordland National Park. 14.3.2024. At times I have often wished that
“On a Mish” #396 An Audience with Aoraki (Part Four). Red Tarns Track. Aoraki Mt Cook National Park. 11.3.2024. Hiking is a sport / pastime
“On a Mish” #396 An Audience with Aoraki (Part Three). Red Tarns Track. Aoraki Mt Cook National Park. 11.3.2024. I’m sure that those who have
“On a Mish” #396 An Audience with Aoraki (Part Two). Twizel to Aoraki Mt Cook Village. Aoraki Mt Cook National Park. 11.3.2024. Jaws will drop
“On a Mish” #396 An Audience with Aoraki (Part One). Te Anau to Twizel. Aoraki Mt Cook National Park. 11.3.2024. In a place full of
“On a Mish” #395 Listening to the Silence of Snow (Part Three). Mount Burns Tarns. Fiordland National Park. 6.3.2024. I recently hiked a track that
“On a Mish” #395 Listening to the Silence of Snow (Part Two). Upper Borland Valley / Mount Burns Tarns. Fiordland National Park. 5.3.2024. Many will
“On a Mish” #395 Listening to the Silence of Snow (Part One). Borland Burn (South Branch). Fiordland National Park. 5.3.2024. I have found that the
“On a Mish” #393 Making the Most of a Disaster (Part Three). Hollyford Valley. Fiordland National Park. 27.2.2024. The mental benefits of a night out
“On a Mish” #393 Making the Most of a Disaster (Part Two). Hollyford Valley. Fiordland National Park. 26.2.2024. Not much matches the scale of wildness
“On a Mish” #171 The Throne Room of the Gods (Part Two). Earnslaw Burn. Mt Aspiring National Park. 11.7.2010. There are some places in Aotearoa
“On a Mish” #11 Summer Snow (Part Three). East Face of Ocean Peak. Mt Aspiring National Park. 16.1.2012. Te Waipounamu sits in the line of
“On a Mish” #398 Joseph’s Peninsula. Tarawera Mt Sinclair(841m). Banks Peninsula. Canterbury. 10.9.2014. The adventures of Captain James Cook prove that, once you get adventure
“On a Mish” #355 Ice Crystals on Crichton. Mt Crichton Loop Track. Lake Wakatipu. 28.6.2010. When visiting Tahuna / Queenstown it is important to pack
“On a Mish” #94 In the Footsteps of William Grave (Part Two). De Lambert Falls(59m). Fiordland National Park. 5.3.2014. One of my most favourite books
“On a Mish” #2 One and Done (Part Two). Leaning Peak(1477m). Fiordland National Park. 29.12.2017. My hip and back injury have given me a lot
